The God of Small Things
Page turning
Deep
Thought provoking

The God of Small Things

Arundhati Roy1997
The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with chrome tailfins is stranded on the highway amid a Marxist workers' demonstration. Inside the car sit two-egg twins Rahel and Esthappen, and so begins their tale. . . . Armed only with the invincible innocence of children, they fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family--their lonely, lovely mother, Ammu (who loves by night the man her children love by day), their blind grandmother, Mammachi (who plays Handel on her violin), their beloved uncle Chacko (Rhodes scholar, pickle baron, radical Marxist, bottom-pincher), their enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grandaunt), and the ghost of an imperial entomologist's moth (with unusually dense dorsal tufts). When their English cousin, Sophie Mol, and her mother, Margaret Kochamma, arrive on a Christmas visit, Esthappen and Rahel learn that Things Can Change in a Day. That lives can twist into new, ugly shapes, even cease forever, beside their river "graygreen." With fish in it. With the sky and trees in it. And at night, the broken yellow moon in it. The brilliantly plotted story uncoils with an agonizing sense of foreboding and inevitability. Yet nothing prepares you for what lies at the heart of it. The God of Small Things takes on the Big Themes--Love. Madness. Hope. Infinite Joy. Here is a writer who dares to break the rules. To dislocate received rhythms and create the language she requires, a language that is at once classical and unprecedented. Arundhati Roy has given us a book that is anchored to anguish, but fueled by wit and magic. --front flap
Sign up to use

Reviews

Photo of Ashna Nirula
Ashna Nirula@ashnanirula
4 stars
Nov 7, 2024
This review contains a spoiler
Dark
Vivid
Complex
Remarkable
Long winded
Photo of Maureen
Maureen@bluereen
4 stars
Jul 27, 2024
Photo of Brynn Sklar
Brynn Sklar@brynnhiilde
2 stars
Jul 11, 2024
Photo of ineke
ineke@ineke
2 stars
May 7, 2024
Photo of iris
iris @irismli
5 stars
May 3, 2024
Photo of J
J@biblio_phile
3.5 stars
Apr 22, 2024
Photo of Taha
Taha@khanstopme
4.5 stars
Apr 11, 2024
Photo of lamia
lamia @lycheegrl
5 stars
Jan 29, 2024
Photo of y✦
y✦@y4ndsl
4.5 stars
Jan 21, 2024
Vivid
Unforgettable
Photo of azliana aziz
azliana aziz@heartinidleness
4 stars
Jan 13, 2024
Photo of Zachary Tan
Zachary Tan@litmaballs
3 stars
Jan 7, 2024
Photo of Laura Mauler
Laura Mauler@blueskygreenstrees
4 stars
Dec 25, 2023
Photo of Winona
Winona @notnoni
5 stars
Sep 7, 2023
Photo of Isabella
Isabella@isabellareads
5 stars
May 17, 2023
Photo of p.
p.@softrosemint
4.5 stars
May 8, 2023
Photo of Colleen
Colleen@mirificmoxie
1 star
Apr 15, 2023
Photo of coriander
coriander@coriander
5 stars
Feb 26, 2023
Photo of Rajesh
Rajesh@kenmei
4 stars
Feb 16, 2023
This review contains a spoiler
Deep
Honest
Exciting
Thrilling
Educational
Heartwarming
Awe-inspiring
Thought provoking
Photo of Rohan Uddin
Rohan Uddin@thesparrowfall
5 stars
Feb 3, 2023
Photo of Madhuri jain
Madhuri jain@madhuri_jain
3 stars
Feb 1, 2023
Photo of Amy Thibodeau
Amy Thibodeau@amythibodeau
4 stars
Dec 26, 2022
Photo of Aboobacker Sidheeq M
Aboobacker Sidheeq M@aboo
4 stars
Oct 18, 2022
Photo of tracedecay
tracedecay @lepoltergeisto
5 stars
Oct 4, 2022
Deep
Ambitious
Enigmatic
Inspirational
Photo of Marion R
Marion R@mariorugu
3 stars
Aug 30, 2022

Highlights

Photo of sazha
sazha @hirenata
Page 51
This highlight contains a spoiler
Photo of y✦
y✦@y4ndsl
Photo of y✦
y✦@y4ndsl
Photo of ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ@ivor
Page 296
Photo of ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ@ivor
Page 296
Photo of ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ@ivor
Page 217
Photo of ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ@ivor
Page 187
Photo of ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ@ivor
Page 160
Photo of ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ@ivor
Page 42
Photo of ㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤ@ivor
Page 24
Photo of Nica Rhiana
Nica Rhiana@paperback
Page 339
Photo of Nica Rhiana
Nica Rhiana@paperback
Page 338
Photo of Nica Rhiana
Nica Rhiana@paperback
Page 309
Photo of Riley Baker
Riley Baker@ratleyy
Page 330
Photo of Riley Baker
Riley Baker@ratleyy
Page 317
Photo of Riley Baker
Riley Baker@ratleyy
Page 236
Photo of Riley Baker
Riley Baker@ratleyy
Page 233
Photo of Riley Baker
Riley Baker@ratleyy
Page 218
Photo of Riley Baker
Riley Baker@ratleyy
Page 13
Photo of Nica Rhiana
Nica Rhiana@paperback
Page 53
Photo of Nica Rhiana
Nica Rhiana@paperback
Page 52
Photo of Dora Tominic
Dora Tominic@dorkele
Page 223
Photo of Dora Tominic
Dora Tominic@dorkele
Page 172
Photo of Rheanne Wong
Rheanne Wong @rhireads